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Born in January

25,206 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Andrei Ivan

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 4 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  2. Kaoru Yachigusa

    actor, seiyū

    1931–2019 · aged 88

    January 6 · 1931

    Source: IMDb

  3. Stefano Mauri

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 8 · 1980

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  4. Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley

    diplomat, politician

    1773–1847 · aged 74

    January 20 · 1773

    Source: The Peerage

  5. Adolf A. Berle

    lawyer, economist

    1895–1971 · aged 76

    January 29 · 1895

    Source: BnF authorities

  6. Camille Lepage

    picture editor, journalist

    1988–2014

    January 28 · 1988

    Source: BnF authorities

  7. Bulmer Hobson

    politician, author

    1883–1969 · aged 86

    January 14 · 1883

    Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography

  8. Carolina Ferraz

    film actor, reporter

    58 years old

    January 25 · 1968

    Source: IMDb

  9. Shamsiddin Vokhidov

    chess player

    24 years old

    January 11 · 2002

    Source: ratings.fide.com

  10. Lutz Bachmann

    activist, entrepreneur

    53 years old

    January 26 · 1973

    Source: snl.no

  11. Reina Kondō

    seiyū

    27 years old

    January 28 · 1999

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  12. Edoardo Colombo

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 24 · 2001

    No external source identified

  13. Loiza Lamers

    presenter, model

    31 years old

    January 9 · 1995

    No external source identified

  14. Ken McNaught

    association football player

    71 years old

    January 11 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  15. Marinko Rokvić

    singer

    1954–2021 · aged 67

    January 27 · 1954

    No external source identified

  16. Henry III of Nassau-Breda

    1483–1538 · aged 55

    January 21 · 1483

    Source: The Peerage

  17. Vladimir Stasov

    art critic, archivist

    1824–1906 · aged 82

    January 14 · 1824

    Source: Q27772674

  18. Arne Maier

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 8 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  19. Alex Tyus

    basketball player

    38 years old

    January 8 · 1988

    Source: FIBA database

  20. Lupu Pick

    director, film actor

    1886–1931 · aged 45

    January 2 · 1886

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  21. Dariusz Brzozowski

    musician

    46 years old

    January 30 · 1980

    No external source identified

  22. Sava Vladislavich

    economist, diplomat

    1669–1738 · aged 69

    January 16 · 1669

    No external source identified

  23. Lynn Harrell

    music educator, cellist

    1944–2020 · aged 76

    January 30 · 1944

    Source: Discogs

  24. Rie fu

    composer, musician

    41 years old

    January 11 · 1985

    No external source identified

  25. Ferdinand Hérold

    costume designer, scenographer

    1791–1833 · aged 41

    January 28 · 1791

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  26. Charles Piazzi Smyth

    painter, astronomer

    1817–1900 · aged 83

    January 3 · 1817

    Source: Find a Grave

  27. Yanis Karabelyov

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 23 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  28. Nemani Nadolo

    rugby union player

    38 years old

    January 31 · 1988

    No external source identified

  29. Gottfried Silbermann

    organ builder, piano maker

    1683–1753 · aged 70

    January 14 · 1683

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  30. Sizwe Motaung

    association football player

    1970–2001 · aged 31

    January 7 · 1970

    Source: FBref

  31. Alexandre Pires

    composer, singer

    50 years old

    January 8 · 1976

    Source: MusicBrainz

  32. Isaac Roberts

    engineer, photographer

    1829–1904 · aged 75

    January 27 · 1829

    Source: SNAC

  33. Henriette Sontag

    actor, vocalist

    1806–1854 · aged 48

    January 3 · 1806

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  34. Sergey Sergeyevich Minaev

    editor-in-chief, television presenter

    51 years old

    January 25 · 1975

    No external source identified

  35. Pat Onstad

    goalkeeper coach, association football coach

    58 years old

    January 13 · 1968

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  36. Abu'l Abbas Ahmad of Morocco

    politician

    1677–1729 · aged 52

    January 1 · 1677

    No external source identified

  37. Toshia Mori

    film actor, actor

    1912–1995 · aged 83

    January 1 · 1912

    Source: Find a Grave

  38. Clara Pinto Correia

    writer, historian

    1960–2025 · aged 65

    January 30 · 1960

    Source: IMDb

  39. Kevin N'Doram

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 22 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  40. Yasmine Kabbaj

    tennis player

    22 years old

    January 15 · 2004

    Source: wtatennis.com

  41. Washington Phillips

    recording artist, singer

    1880–1954 · aged 74

    January 11 · 1880

    No external source identified

  42. Anselm Franz

    military flight engineer

    1900–1994 · aged 94

    January 21 · 1900

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  43. Rut Brandt

    autobiographer, writer

    1920–2006

    January 10 · 1920

    Source: filmportal.de

  44. Armando Silvestre

    television actor, actor

    1926–2024 · aged 98

    January 28 · 1926

    No external source identified

  45. Theodora Komnene Angelina

    1096–date unavailable

    January 21 · 1096

    No external source identified

  46. Osip Brik

    writer, literary critic

    1888–1945 · aged 57

    January 28 · 1888

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  47. Matthew Nathan

    engineer, military officer

    1862–1939 · aged 77

    January 3 · 1862

    Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography

  48. James Mark Baldwin

    psychologist, philosopher

    1861–1934 · aged 73

    January 12 · 1861

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  49. Vukan Savićević

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 29 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  50. Todor Burmov

    minister, politician

    1834–1906 · aged 72

    January 14 · 1834

    No external source identified

  51. Victor Segalen

    physician, ethnologist

    1878–1919 · aged 41

    January 14 · 1878

    Source: Base biographique

  52. João Ricardo

    association football player

    56 years old

    January 7 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Li Xiaoxia

    table tennis player

    38 years old

    January 16 · 1988

    Source: pantheon.world

  54. Arnaud Lusamba

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 4 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  55. Scott M. Matheson

    lawyer, politician

    1929–1990 · aged 61

    January 8 · 1929

    Source: SNAC

  56. Park Si-eun

    actor, stage actor

    46 years old

    January 6 · 1980

    Source: IMDb

  57. David Martínez

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 21 · 1998

    Source: FBref

  58. Osman Soykut

    television actor, actor

    69 years old

    January 1 · 1957

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  59. Frédéric Lordon

    sociologist, philosopher

    64 years old

    January 15 · 1962

    Source: GeneaStar

  60. Sergio Álvarez Moya

    show jumper

    41 years old

    January 7 · 1985

    No external source identified

  61. Melvyn Richardson

    handball player

    29 years old

    January 30 · 1997

    Source: eurohandball.com

  62. Teboho MacDonald Mashinini

    anti-apartheid activist, political activist

    1957–1990

    January 27 · 1957

    Source: BnF authorities

  63. Camilla Collett

    women's rights activist, essayist

    1813–1895 · aged 82

    January 23 · 1813

    Source: Find a Grave

  64. Paul Nguyen Cong Anh

    student

    1919–2008

    January 31 · 1919

    Source: The Righteous Among the Nations Database

  65. Peter Hirsch

    materials scientist, physicist

    1925–2025 · aged 100

    January 16 · 1925

    Source: SNAC

  66. Norman Dello Joio

    university teacher, pianist

    1913–2008 · aged 95

    January 24 · 1913

    Source: IMDb

  67. Luc Hoffmann

    naturalist, ornithologist

    1923–2016 · aged 93

    January 23 · 1923

    Source: Babelio

  68. Joško Jeličić

    association football player

    55 years old

    January 5 · 1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  69. Wendy van Dijk

    television presenter, actor

    55 years old

    January 22 · 1971

    Source: IMDb

  70. Jiovany Ramos

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 26 · 1997

    Source: FBref

  71. Yany Prado

    actor

    35 years old

    January 2 · 1991

    No external source identified

  72. Luis Ramírez Zapata

    association football player, association football coach

    72 years old

    January 6 · 1954

    Source: Transfermarkt

  73. François de Vendôme, Duc de Beaufort

    admiral, bretteur

    1616–1669 · aged 53

    January 16 · 1616

    Source: SNAC

  74. William Shanks

    mathematician

    1812–1882 · aged 70

    January 25 · 1812

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  75. Mitchell Krueger

    tennis player

    32 years old

    January 12 · 1994

    No external source identified

  76. Mogens Lykketoft

    politician, diplomat

    80 years old

    January 9 · 1946

    Source: IMDb

  77. Violette Nozière

    shopkeeper

    1915–1966 · aged 51

    January 11 · 1915

    Source: GeneaStar

  78. Keziah Jones

    actor, singer-songwriter

    58 years old

    January 10 · 1968

    Source: BD Gest'

  79. Chris O'Grady

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 25 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  80. Yohana Cobo

    actor, film actor

    41 years old

    January 5 · 1985

    No external source identified

  81. Denis Glushakov

    futsal player, association football player

    39 years old

    January 27 · 1987

    Source: As

  82. Danièle Thompson

    writer, screenwriter

    84 years old

    January 3 · 1942

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  83. Ovidio G. Assonitis

    film producer, writer

    83 years old

    January 18 · 1943

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  84. Muhammed Furkan Özbek

    weightlifter

    25 years old

    January 24 · 2001

    Source: pesistica.org

  85. Richard Gwyn

    poet

    1537–1584 · aged 47

    January 11 · 1537

    No external source identified

  86. Baltazar

    association football player, association football coach

    1926–1997 · aged 71

    January 14 · 1926

    Source: Transfermarkt

  87. Gavin Whyte

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 31 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  88. Qian Qichen

    foreign minister, politician

    1928–2017 · aged 89

    January 5 · 1928

    Source: Discogs

  89. Rok Možič

    volleyball player

    24 years old

    January 17 · 2002

    Source: worldofvolley.com

  90. Paul Wertico

    jazz musician, university teacher

    73 years old

    January 5 · 1953

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  91. Prince Alfons of Bavaria

    politician

    1862–1933 · aged 70

    January 24 · 1862

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  92. Elli Medeiros

    singer, film actor

    70 years old

    January 18 · 1956

    Source: MusicBrainz

  93. Ibolya Oláh

    singer, association football player

    48 years old

    January 31 · 1978

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  94. Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes

    salonnière, art collector

    1670–1736 · aged 66

    January 18 · 1670

    Source: Verrue, Jeanne-Baptiste d’Albert de Luynes, Comtesse de

  95. Justas Paleckis

    poet, politician

    1899–1980 · aged 81

    January 22 · 1899

    No external source identified

  96. Nassim Ben Khalifa

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 13 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  97. Betty Parsons

    gallerist, art collector

    1900–1982 · aged 82

    January 31 · 1900

    Source: CLARA

  98. Gunnar Birkerts*

    architect, university teacher

    Date disputed

    January 17 · 1925

    Source: BnF authorities

  99. Heinrich Zille

    graphic artist, exlibrist

    1858–1929 · aged 71

    January 10 · 1858

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  100. Père Jacques

    Catholic theologian, religious

    1900–1945 · aged 45

    January 29 · 1900

    Source: Room of Names

  101. Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam

    rabbi, Rebbe

    1905–1994 · aged 89

    January 10 · 1905

    No external source identified

  102. Ehab Tawfik

    musician, singer

    60 years old

    January 7 · 1966

    No external source identified

  103. Lincoln

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 22 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Peggy Holmes

    film director, choreographer

    63 years old

    January 2 · 1963

    Source: Virtual International Authority File

  105. Albert Henry Munsell

    inventor, painter

    1858–1918 · aged 60

    January 6 · 1858

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  106. Barbara Cupisti

    screenwriter, actor

    64 years old

    January 24 · 1962

    No external source identified

  107. Rogério

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 13 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  108. Ahmed Ammi

    association football player

    1981–2026 · aged 45

    January 19 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  109. Lemanu Peleti Mauga

    politician

    66 years old

    January 3 · 1960

    Source: nga.org

  110. Aya Kyogoku

    video game producer, director

    45 years old

    January 21 · 1981

    Source: kyoto-report.wikidot.com

  111. Epiphanny Prince

    basketball player

    38 years old

    January 11 · 1988

    Source: FIBA database

  112. Amel Majri

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 25 · 1993

    Source: Soccerdonna

  113. Herbert Croly

    writer, political scientist

    1869–1930 · aged 61

    January 23 · 1869

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  114. Hennes Behrens

    association football player

    21 years old

    January 19 · 2005

    No external source identified

  115. Arthur Gore

    tennis player

    1868–1928 · aged 60

    January 2 · 1868

    Source: 100 years of Wimbledon

  116. Andrea Antonelli

    motorcycle racer

    1988–2013 · aged 25

    January 17 · 1988

    No external source identified

  117. Didier Malherbe

    flautist, poet

    83 years old

    January 22 · 1943

    No external source identified

  118. Matt Moore

    actor, film director

    1888–1960

    January 8 · 1888

    Source: BnF authorities

  119. John Bigler

    lawyer, ambassador

    1805–1871 · aged 66

    January 8 · 1805

    Source: SNAC

  120. Francisco Cabral

    tennis player

    29 years old

    January 8 · 1997

    No external source identified

  121. Ismaily Gonçalves dos Santos

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 11 · 1990

    Source: As

  122. Princess Kalina of Bulgaria

    54 years old

    January 19 · 1972

    Source: The Peerage

  123. Mohamed Timoumi

    association football player

    66 years old

    January 15 · 1960

    Source: Transfermarkt

  124. Jô Soares

    journalist, novelist

    1938–2022 · aged 84

    January 16 · 1938

    No external source identified

  125. Oier Zarraga

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 4 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Wilhelm Lehmbruck

    draftsperson, graphic artist

    1881–1919 · aged 38

    January 4 · 1881

    Source: SIKART

  127. Christopher Rungkat

    tennis player

    36 years old

    January 14 · 1990

    Source: itftennis.com

  128. Flaminio Bertoni

    industrial designer, sculptor

    1903–1964 · aged 61

    January 10 · 1903

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  129. Miguel Canto

    boxer

    1948–2026 · aged 78

    January 30 · 1948

    No external source identified

  130. Max Gallo

    university teacher, journalist

    1932–2017 · aged 85

    January 7 · 1932

    Source: AlKindi

  131. Mariano Paredes

    minister, politician

    1797–1849 · aged 52

    January 7 · 1797

    Source: pantheon.world

  132. Joe Baca

    politician

    79 years old

    January 23 · 1947

    No external source identified

  133. James Garrard

    politician, pastor

    1749–1822 · aged 73

    January 14 · 1749

    Source: SNAC

  134. Jackie Biskupski

    politician, criminal law

    60 years old

    January 11 · 1966

    No external source identified

  135. Salvatore Aronica

    association football coach, association football player

    48 years old

    January 20 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  136. Vincenzo Lunardi

    diplomat, balloonist

    1759–1806

    January 11 · 1759

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  137. Quinton Howden

    ice hockey player

    34 years old

    January 21 · 1992

    No external source identified

  138. Juan Carlos Martín Corral

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 20 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  139. D. M. Thomas

    poet, translator

    1935–2023 · aged 88

    January 27 · 1935

    Source: SNAC

  140. Franco Tancredi

    association football player

    71 years old

    January 10 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  141. Valentin de Boulogne

    painter

    1591–1632 · aged 41

    January 3 · 1591

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  142. Seabury Quinn

    science fiction writer, novelist

    1889–1969 · aged 80

    January 1 · 1889

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  143. André Biyogo Poko*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1993

    No external source identified

  144. Tahar Djaout

    literary critic, poet

    1954–1993 · aged 39

    January 11 · 1954

    Source: Babelio

  145. Pedro Rebocho

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 23 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  146. Khoren Oganesian

    association football coach, association football player

    71 years old

    January 10 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  147. Fausto Papetti

    jazz musician, conductor

    1923–1999 · aged 76

    January 28 · 1923

    Source: BnF authorities

  148. Ron Goulart

    science fiction writer, historian

    1933–2022 · aged 89

    January 13 · 1933

    Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature

  149. Haywoode Workman

    basketball player, basketball official

    60 years old

    January 23 · 1966

    Source: nbra.net

  150. Françoise Vergès

    women's rights activist, political scientist

    74 years old

    January 23 · 1952

    No external source identified

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